by Emily Robertson
Chase Carpenter got a front row seat to entrepreneurship with his parents growing up. Now, he is continuing the family legacy with one business, while opening others all while working to serve the community and his family in everything he does.
Born and raised in Bowling Green, Carpenter watched as his mother started Bundles of Joy daycare in town in 2004.
“My senior year of college at Western Kentucky University, I had a couple of entrepreneur classes that needed us to create and present a business plan,”
Carpenter says. “I chose to do the daycare center. Prior to doing this project, I had no affiliations with my mother’s daycare to that point. Once I completed and presented my business plan, I received a plethora of positive feedback from it.”
Carpenter shared the project with his mother, and she was so impressed by his work she asked if he would be interested in joining the business after college. While he was hesitant at first, he decided to give it a chance and now, 12 years later, he owns and runs Bundles of Joy Childcare, along with owning One Roof Event Space and working as a real estate investor.
“I love being able to contribute to the same community that had a hand in molding me into the man I am today,” Carpenter says. “The relationships I can foster daily with the children and parents give me an immeasurable amount of fulfillment.
Carpenter recently celebrated a big milestone this past February with relocating Bundles of Joy to a 10,000 square foot building to help serve more children in Bowling Green.
Carpenter has been married to his wife, Toya, for the last six years after the pair met through mutual friends on Twitter 10 years ago. The couple has their daughter, Kristie, who is 6, and Toya’s son, Terrianus Hall, who is 22 years old and works as a police officer in Memphis.
“My favorite thing to do is have quality time with my family, which is very important to us,” Carpenter says. “We love to travel together, attend concerts, fellowship around a dinner table or attend church.”
Carpenter works to be involved in community service and giving back to the youth in the area. He serves on WKU’s Gordon Ford Business School Management Advisory Council, as well as the Boys and Girls Club Committee Board and he serves as a mentor for the Jonesville Academy.
Carpenter says so much of his success can be attributed to the role both of his parents played in his life from early on and he gives them praise for how they handled themselves no matter what kind of situation they were going through.
Looking ahead for himself in his career and personal life, Carpenter isn’t sure of a lot, but he is firmly focused on making is life be about serving the greater good and always getting better at everything he does.
“I’m not sure what the future holds for me career-wise, but I do know my life will always be centered around service and helping others,” Carpenter says. “The goal is to keep excelling.”